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Canada and the Squad Hit Two Israeli Ministers With the 🚫

Canada joins four countries in sanctioning 2 far-right Israeli cabinet ministers. Yo, Canada just linked up with the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway to drop some major sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers. They're saying it's cuz of some sus behavior in the West Bank, like stirring up d

Edith Singh

10 Jun 2025 — 1 min read

TL:DR

Yo, Canada just linked up with the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway to drop some major sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers. They're saying it's cuz of some sus behavior in the West Bank, like stirring up drama against Palestinians. It's a whole thing.

Spilling the Tea ☕

Okay, so listen up. Drama's brewing. Canada and a whole squad of other countries (we talking the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway – international besties, apparently) just decided to sanction Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Like, straight up travel bans and freezing their assets. No cap.

Why? Well, they're getting called out for allegedly "inciting violence against Palestinians" in the West Bank. Apparently, there's been some "extremist rhetoric" flying around about kicking Palestinians out and building new settlements, and these countries ain't vibing with it. Canada even said they had to step in because Israel wasn't handling it themselves. Major side-eye.

The Israeli Foreign Minister is not happy, calling the sanctions sus and promising to clap back with a meeting. It's a whole international incident, fam. These sanctions are kinda rare, especially against allies, and the US is sitting this one out. 👀

Canada's making it clear they ain't playing when it comes to human rights. They're saying they stand with the people in Gaza too, who are also catching strays in this whole sitch. It's a lot to unpack, tbh.

Abbreviations Glossary

Abbreviation	Full Form
Squad	A group of friends or allies.
🚫	Forbidden.
Sus	Suspicious or questionable.
No cap	I'm not lying.
Ain't vibing with it	Not agreeing or supporting it.
Clap back	To respond or retaliate.
👀	An emoji indicating awareness and observation.
Catching strays	Being affected by something unintentionally.
TBH	To be honest.

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